A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMoney and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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